Thailand's Dubai's Top Car Exporter to Canda, the Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean

Soni Motors Thailand is Thailand's oldest and largest auto exporter to the world. In the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago is our largest market but Canada also represent an important market. Caribbean has been our playground for a very long time especially the Right Hand Drive countries and we have been exporting Right Hand Drive 4x4 pickups and SUVs to all the countries of the RHD Americas including Trinidad and Tobago, Bahamas, Bermuda, Antigua Barbuda, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Lucia, Guyana, Suriname, and Falkland Islands. We are also Thailand's top exporter of Left Hand Drive 4x4 pickups and SUVs to Left Hand Drive countries of Central and South America.

Thailand's top car exporter and 4x4 exporter to the RHD Caribbean countries and LHD countries of Latin America

Soni Motors Thailand is Thailand's and Dubai's top car exporter, Thailand's top auto exporter and Thailand's top 4x4 exporter of Right Hand Drive and Left Hand Drive vehicles to the Americas. We established our dominance in export of Right Hand Drive vehicles and have been Asia's top auto exporter to Right Hand Drive American countries including Trinidad and Tobago, Bahamas, Bermuda, Antigua Barbuda, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Lucia, Guyana, Suriname, and Falkland Islands.

We are proud to be Thailand's top car exporter to Trinidad and Tobago. We are also Thailand's and Dubai's top LHD exporter to Left Hand countries like Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela.

Canada Import Rules

Residents of Canada cannot normally import a car from overseas countries unless it is at least 15 years old. The relatively few exceptions to this rule can be found in CCRA publications.

Import rules vary depending on your vehicle's age, its country of origin and the country from which you are importing it. You need a good understanding of the import regulations administered by the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA), Transport Canada and, for shipments from overseas, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). At the provincial level, there are vehicle-licensing, emissions-testing and sales tax requirements to be considered.

The Paper Trail.

Your copy of the vehicle's foreign registration document will establish its age and country of export. You should also have a bill of sale that clearly identifies the vehicle (year, make, model and vehicle identification number). The bill of sale should also contain the names and addresses of the vendor and purchaser and the price paid for the vehicle.

Your file folder will expand as you receive the documents generated by the companies involved in shipping your car to Canada. If you have a low tolerance for red tape, consider using the services of a customs broker. For a fee, the broker will relieve you of your paper burden and will prepare and present the forms required to obtain customs clearance for your car.

Upon arrival at Customs, a qualifying vehicle will be entered into the RIV program. The registration fee is $197 in Quebec and $182 in other provinces. Within 45 days, the vehicle must be altered at your expense to meet Transport Canada requirements (it may need daytime running lights and metric labels for instruments, for example). You won't be able to register and license the car in Canada until it is modified and inspected. The RIV Web site contains a list of eligible vehicles and detailed information about typical modification and inspection requirements.

Vehicles imported from overseas must be thoroughly cleaned before shipment to Canada in order to remove soil and plant material. The CFIA will inspect your vehicle, at your expense, to ensure that this requirement has been met. If your car fails the inspection, you will be responsible for the cost of a thorough cleaning and a second inspection.

Import Fees

Vehicles that are eligible for importation will be subject to import levies including customs duty and GST. Customs duty is generally based on the price paid for the vehicle and the percentage rate of duty varies depending on the vehicle's country of origin.

If your collector car has air conditioning, working or not, you will pay an excise tax of $100. There are additional levies if your vehicle weighs more than 2,007 kilograms (4,425 pounds).

Finally, GST will be charged at the rate of seven per cent of the total of the purchase price plus the customs levies.

Provincial Requirements

When you have satisfied all the import requirements, a critical document called a Vehicle Import Form will be given to you by customs, your broker or the RIV program, depending on the circumstances of your importation. Without this piece of paper, you will get only a blank stare from your provincial licensing authorities.

Before heading off to your licensing bureau, you'll need to satisfy the provincial requirements. In Ontario, for example, your car must pass a safety-standards inspection. You will also need a Drive Clean inspection certificate if the vehicle is more than three model years old and less than 20 years old.

In addition to the fees for registering your newly imported car, provincial authorities may collect sales tax on the price you paid for the vehicle. Don't bother asking why provincial sales tax applies to a sales transaction that occurred outside Canada.

From a useful article of which extracts are reproduced here written by Murry Jackson on his experience of exporting a used car into Canada.

For customs information about importing vehicles into Canada, contact the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency's automated information service free of charge at 1-800-461-9999. You can also find information on the CCRA's Web site at www.ccra.gc.ca.

For Transport Canada information about importing vehicles that were manufactured for sale in the U.S., contact the Registrar of Imported Vehicles, 405 The West Mall, Toronto M9C 5K7; telephone: 1-888-848-8240; Web site: www.riv.ca . For other vehicles, contact Road Safety and Motor Vehicle Regulation Directorate, Transport Canada, 8th floor, Place de Ville, Tower C, 330 Sparks Street, Ottawa K1A 0N5; telephone: 1-800-333-0371; Web site: www.tc.gc.ca.

For information about Canadian Food Inspection Agency requirements, contact an Import Service Centre in Montreal (telephone 1-877-493-0468), Toronto (1-800-835-4486) or Vancouver (1-888-732-6222). The CFIA's Web address is www.cfia-acia.agr.ca.

Duties: There are no customs duties on Canadian imports from the United States of motor vehicles or of automotive parts that meet the NAFTA rule of origin (in essence, 62.5 percent of the value of the vehicle must originate within NAFTA). Vehicles and components that do not comply with the rule of origin are subject to a 6.5 percent duty.

Taxes: All transactions are also subject to a “goods and services” tax (GST) of 7 percent, which is collected on the sum of the Customs-valued import and applicable duty. Vehicles with air conditioning and vehicles weighing more than 4,425 pounds are subject to an excise tax of $100 Canadian.

Safety and Emissions Compliance: Most vehicles less than 15 years old (actual date of manufacture, not the “model year”), or buses manufactured on or after January 1, 1971, that exhibit a certification plate attesting compliance with U.S. federal motor vehicle safety and emission standards may be imported, so long as any recall notices issued subsequent to manufacture have been satisfied. These vehicles must be entered into Canada's Registrar of Imported Vehicles (RIV) Program upon crossing the border.

The RIV Program assures that qualifying vehicles are modified, inspected, and certified to meet Canadian safety standards. The RIV Program registration fee is $182 Canadian in all provinces, except Quebec where it is $197 Canadian. All vehicles must be brought into conformity with Canadian safety and emissions regulations within 45 days of entry (See: http://www.tc.gc.ca/acts-regulations/general/m/mvsa/regulations/mvsrg/toc_mvsrg.htm.)

What is the RIV?

The Registrar of Imported Vehicles is the organization that certifies the compliance of imported American vehicles to Canadian safety standards (under contract with Transport Canada). All United States vehicles imported into Canada must be inspected by the Registrar of Imported Vehicles (currently done at Canadian Tire stores across the country) and certified as meeting Canadian standards. A dealer specializing in cross-border sales can help consumers with the importing process and RIV procedures. Consumers who wish to contact RIV directly can go to the RIV website at www.riv.ca.

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We are not Thailand's top car exporter because we are the oldest but because of our unwavering commitment to customer service, honesty, integrity, professionalism, great prices, great selection, great quality and quick delivery. Soni is a family-owned and family-operated dealership and we have been in business since 1911. Email us now at [email protected] to obtain your vehicle of your choice. Take a look at our selection of 4x4 vehicles to take your pick.

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Soni Motors Thailand is a fully owned division of the Soni Group of Companies. We are Thailand's oldest and largest auto exporter and we are only one of the two auto exporting companies with any automotive experience. All the other auto exporting companies are run by investors - good ones and bad ones - who cannot tell a good car from a bad one and are in it only for money. We have been in the business for the past 100 years with a 80% repeat and referral business thanks to our expertise, honesty, high quality, low price and quick delivery among others. Please check what some of customers have to say about us in our Testimonials page and top twenty reasons our customers have cited for doing business with us.

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